The charge comes about four years after he was sentenced to 180 days in jail for intimidation and official misconduct.

In that case, prosecutors said Hetz pulled over a female driver for speeding in December 1999, according to court records. He informed her that her license was suspended and asked her to drive to a more secluded area, where they had sex on the hood of his squad car.

Hetz said he gave the woman a verbal warning for the alleged traffic offenses and logged the time spent on the sexual encounter as personal time. He argued, unsuccessfully, that he was not on duty during the sexual encounter and was not abusing his position.

A judge disagreed and found him guilty at the end of a bench trial July 1, 2001. He appealed the case but was sentenced to jail time in February 2004.

Before the bench trial, prosecutors said Hetz was asked to leave a job as a Hainesville police officer after another female motorist said that he made sexual advances during a traffic stop in 1996, according to court records.